Identifier: architectenginee6220sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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y bad example to set before children, asthey contradict the best instructions given them. Quoting from Mr. W. H. Hall of San Francisco,in 1907: This best system does not tend to makegamblers of contractors, nor conduce to skinningof work, as the lump sum system does. It doesnot conduce to under-estimating, or to running upthe cost of work, as the percentage system does. It does not conduce to neglect of the work, asthe percentage and cost plus fixed sum systems do.It does not conduce to antagonism between ownerand contractor or architect and contractor, as allthe other systems do. This system puts a premium on good faith,energy and special ability in the contractor, forthe owners benefit as well as the contractorsprofit, and it puts a penalty on bad faith, neglectand incompetency in the contractor, for theowners protection. But it does not penalize thecontractor for what he cannot reasonably foresee,nor beyond the limit of his profit in any ordinarycase. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 127
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INSURANCE DID NOT SAVE THIS HOME THE architect and builder are better able toprevent disaster by fire than any insuranceagent. The architect builds fire insurance intothe house; the agent merelyWrites it on paper. FIRE CLAY FLUE LINING specified by leading architects, used by reputablebuilders and required by ordinance of NationalBoard of Fire Underwriters prevents 30% of resi-■ dence fires by making it impossible for flames toreach woodwork through defective flues, and bypreventing burning soot and sparks on the roof.For a very few dollars it really insures the re-sults of your labor and the homes of your clients. Copy of the 1920 Chirney OrSinanceproposed by the National Board ofFire Underwriters free on request. CLAY PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION PITTSBURGH CHICAGO (Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co., Los Angeles, Member)

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